PEOPLE v. FARMER

No. 112774.

207 A.D.3d 964 (2022)

170 N.Y.S.3d 515

2022 NY Slip Op 04678

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Joseph Farmer, Appellant.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Third Department.

Decided July 21, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tina Sodhi , Alternate Public Defender, Albany ( Steven M. Sharp of counsel), for appellant.

P. David Soares , District Attorney, Albany ( Vincent Stark of counsel), for respondent.

Aarons, J.P., Reynolds Fitzgerald, Ceresia, Fisher and McShan, JJ., concur.


In satisfaction of a four-count indictment and other pending charges, defendant pleaded guilty to criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree and agreed to waive his right to appeal. He was sentenced, as a second violent felony offender, to the agreed-upon prison term of eight years followed by five years of postrelease supervision. Defendant appeals.

We agree with defendant's contention that his waiver of the right to appeal is invalid. The written waiver...

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